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1979 Des Moines Kernels
Record: 92-70
Finish: 1st in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 789
Runs Allowed: 687
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: The Corn Field
Attendance: 3,238,061
Manager: Ted Williams

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-57, 3rd in the Frick League
AA: 82-56, 2nd in the Frick League
A: 72-66, 6th in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 0-3 to Austin Riverbats
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B *Rod Carew 32 157 617 100 224 34 6 11 82 44 27 44 40 .363 .407 .491 .898 107.6 24.0 2.6
1B #Luis Abdullah 25 151 622 82 199 32 3 12 80 2 0 31 96 .320 .352 .439 .791 90.1 17.7 3.9
LF  Theo Reckley 28 154 588 88 182 27 5 27 92 3 1 48 164 .310 .361 .510 .872 100.8 21.0 2.9
SS  Jeffrey Griffin 25 154 590 78 173 24 10 7 74 43 14 37 84 .293 .336 .403 .740 82.2 14.5 7.8
RF *Davis Birch 23 155 548 109 172 15 7 27 88 3 4 79 98 .314 .403 .515 .917 107.7 23.8 3.0
2B  Alan Lipsky 29 151 485 69 125 14 7 14 67 23 4 52 103 .258 .332 .402 .734 69.9 11.6 6.4
CF *Darnell Lipscomb 24 116 274 38 83 14 2 1 34 13 3 17 34 .303 .358 .380 .737 39.2 7.7 1.9
RF *Colby Vicknair 29 90 280 43 77 6 6 4 27 14 4 14 50 .275 .317 .382 .699 35.2 5.5 1.9
C  Blast McBearett 37 71 265 31 54 13 1 10 37 1 0 17 37 .204 .251 .374 .624 25.6 1.6 1.8
C  James Young 29 64 231 24 65 9 2 6 40 0 1 12 31 .281 .314 .416 .730 27.8 4.2 1.5
LF *Luther Overson 32 56 164 35 55 11 2 10 41 9 3 22 43 .335 .413 .610 1.022 38.5 9.2 0.9
C #Alex Cordero 33 65 170 10 34 10 0 3 15 1 0 7 36 .200 .239 .312 .551 11.7 0.0 1.3
3B  Bill Haubrich 34 85 150 22 37 11 0 6 17 1 0 6 36 .247 .280 .440 .720 18.7 3.0 1.5
1B  Dave Whipple 27 91 138 13 37 15 0 4 19 0 0 10 29 .268 .322 .464 .786 19.3 3.6 0.4
RF  Carlos Cron 26 93 112 22 32 3 0 3 19 4 2 12 27 .286 .355 .393 .748 15.5 2.9 0.7
P *David Lillis 25 40 109 6 11 1 0 0 9 1 0 4 53 .101 .132 .110 .242 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Michael Mangual 29 41 105 7 14 0 2 0 5 1 0 6 38 .133 .180 .171 .352 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Keith Chea 28 39 100 5 11 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 41 .110 .136 .150 .286 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jose Ramos 23 34 81 4 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 41 .025 .100 .025 .125 -4.3 0.0 0.0
SS #Dusty Reynolds 32 37 79 2 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 22 .127 .125 .177 .302 -1.1 0.0 1.1
P  Arky Mooris 36 6 15 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .133 .188 .200 .388 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Lincoln Hoots 24 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Miguel Benites 28 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Marshall 35 59 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Tyson Mihewon 34 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Chuck Robbins 35 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Curt McBearett 32 73 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P #Sean Fielding 35 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bernardo Henriques 31 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 2093 5739 789 1602 248 53 145 759 165 63 430 1113 .279 .331 .417 .748 784.2 150.6 39.6
  Rank among 12 FL teams 1 2 2 8 5 3 2 7 9 7 7 2 3 2 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Michael Mangual 29 19 11 .633 41 41 0 302.7 312 99 15 56 272 2.94 21.8
*David Lillis 25 21 10 .677 40 40 0 292.0 269 118 30 56 295 3.64 16.5
 Keith Chea 28 16 12 .571 39 39 0 281.7 298 128 29 67 201 4.09 11.0
 Jose Ramos 23 13 11 .542 34 31 1 239.3 212 100 41 40 206 3.76 10.1
*Curt McBearett 32 6 6 .500 73 0 44 69.0 74 26 5 17 62 3.39 11.1
 Mike Marshall 35 4 6 .400 59 1 1 51.7 58 25 2 25 24 4.36 2.2
*Miguel Benites 28 2 2 .500 39 0 1 44.0 42 11 3 7 31 2.25 4.7
 Arky Mooris 36 2 4 .333 6 6 0 43.3 51 18 8 7 20 3.74 1.6
*Homer Gimlicker 35 0 1 .000 38 0 2 35.7 28 11 1 16 19 2.78 4.1
 Tyson Mihewon 34 3 0 1.000 22 0 0 24.3 40 17 2 11 15 6.29 0.0
 Lincoln Hoots 24 0 1 .000 4 4 0 20.0 33 20 3 12 5 9.00 0.0
 Sean Fielding 35 3 2 .600 20 0 1 18.7 18 8 2 8 16 3.86 1.5
*Chuck Robbins 35 3 1 .750 15 0 0 16.3 19 8 3 3 10 4.41 1.2
 Arturo Culionara 38 0 2 .000 18 0 1 16.3 18 11 5 8 12 6.06 0.0
 Bernardo Henriques 31 0 1 .000 11 0 1 14.7 22 11 1 9 7 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 31.2 92 70 .568 459 162 52 1469.6 1494 611 150 342 1195 3.74 85.8
Rank among 12 FL teams 2 2 1 2 3 11 10 7 3 4 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 27.9
B.McBearett 555.8 49 59 456 37 7 1 .986 25.7
J.Young 510.9 56 62 376 34 5 2 .988 27.0
A.Cordero 370.0 42 43 301 35 5 0 .985 39.4
D.Whipple 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
B.Haubrich 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
C.Cron 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
L.Overson 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1442.2 147 167 1137 106 17 3 .987 29.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 9.99
R.Carew 1302.3 144 149 1290 119 14 114 .990 9.74
D.Whipple 167.0 18 20 176 15 2 14 .990 10.29
B.McBearett 8.0 0 1 10 1 0 3 1.000 12.38
Team Total 1477.3 162 170 1476 135 16 131 .990 9.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.92
A.Lipsky 1247.7 144 151 259 389 8 78 .988 4.67
B.Haubrich 180.7 15 43 34 66 3 12 .971 4.98
D.Reynolds 34.0 3 10 6 18 0 5 1.000 6.35
R.Carew 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Vicknair 1.8 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 10.00
Team Total 1468.1 162 207 300 475 11 95 .986 4.75
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.55
L.Abdullah 1286.0 146 150 70 270 26 21 .929 2.38
B.Haubrich 182.3 16 32 8 35 4 3 .915 2.12
A.Cordero 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 183 78 305 30 24 .927 2.35
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.24
J.Griffin 1331.0 148 153 194 459 25 86 .963 4.42
D.Reynolds 136.0 14 22 23 38 1 6 .984 4.04
C.Vicknair 1.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.4 162 176 217 497 26 92 .965 4.38
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.02
T.Reckley 1007.3 114 117 194 5 5 0 .975 1.78
D.Birch 338.0 37 41 71 1 3 0 .960 1.92
C.Cron 84.0 7 15 28 1 0 0 1.000 3.11
D.Lipscomb 39.0 4 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
L.Overson 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.6 162 180 303 7 8 0 .975 1.90
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.58
C.Vicknair 579.5 70 78 158 4 1 1 .994 2.52
D.Lipscomb 495.3 53 79 142 3 3 1 .980 2.63
T.Reckley 290.3 34 34 76 1 1 1 .987 2.39
C.Cron 102.7 7 26 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.02
B.McBearett 2.9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.10
D.Whipple 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.7 164 219 399 9 5 3 .988 2.49
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.03
D.Birch 984.0 109 113 221 3 6 0 .974 2.05
L.Overson 388.3 49 50 87 2 2 0 .978 2.06
D.Lipscomb 67.0 8 8 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.01
C.Cron 41.3 4 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
T.Reckley 10.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1491.0 170 185 331 6 8 0 .977 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.85
M.Mangual 302.7 41 41 21 55 6 5 .927 2.26
D.Lillis 292.0 40 40 22 37 3 3 .952 1.82
K.Chea 281.7 39 39 13 26 1 3 .975 1.25
J.Ramos 239.3 31 34 16 37 5 2 .914 1.99
C.McBearett 69.0 0 73 6 15 1 4 .955 2.74
M.Marshall 51.7 1 59 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.74
M.Benites 44.0 0 39 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.02
A.Mooris 43.3 6 6 2 7 1 0 .900 1.87
H.Gimlicker 35.7 0 38 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.52
T.Mihewon 24.3 0 22 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.48
L.Hoots 20.0 4 4 2 6 0 2 1.000 3.60
S.Fielding 18.7 0 20 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.45
C.Robbins 16.3 0 15 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.10
A.Culionara 16.3 0 18 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.65
B.Henriques 14.7 0 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.84
Team Total 1469.6 162 459 96 209 17 19 .947 1.87
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carew .363
On-Base Pct Carew .407
Slugging Pct Birch .515
OPS Birch .917
XR Birch 107.7
Games Carew 157
At-Bats Abdullah 622
Runs Birch 109
Hits Carew 224
Total Bases Carew 303
Singles Carew 173
Doubles Carew 34
Triples Griffin 10
Homeruns Birch, Reckley 27
RBIs Reckley 92
Stolen Bases Carew 44
Caught Stealing Carew 27
Walks Birch 79
Strikeouts Reckley 164
ERA Mangual 2.94
Wins Lillis 21
Losses Chea 12
Winning Pct Lillis .677
Saves McBearett 44
Games Pitched McBearett 73
Games Started Mangual 41
Complete Games Chea 10
Shutouts Chea, Lillis 2
Innings Pitched Mangual 302.7
Hits Allowed Mangual 312
Homeruns Allowed Ramos 41
Strikeouts Lillis 295
Walks Allowed Chea 67
Walks per 9IP Ramos 1.5
Hits per 9IP Ramos 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Lillis 9.1
WHiP Ramos 1.05
OAVG Ramos .232
OOBP Ramos .269
OSLG Mangual .342
OOPS Mangual .650
Team All-Stars
Luis Abdullah
Davis Birch
Rod Carew
David Lillis
Curt McBearett
Theo Reckley
Player Salaries
Rod Carew $ 16,000,000
Luther Overson $ 7,240,000
Mike Marshall $ 6,500,000
Michael Mangual $ 4,907,143
Davis Birch $ 4,757,143
Sean Fielding $ 4,500,000
Homer Gimlicker $ 4,125,000
Arky Mooris $ 4,000,000
Theo Reckley $ 3,942,857
Keith Chea $ 3,861,071
Curt McBearett $ 3,500,000
Chuck Robbins $ 3,250,000
James Young $ 2,307,143
David Lillis $ 1,985,714
Bill Haubrich $ 1,200,000
Alex Cordero $ 1,000,000
Alan Lipsky $ 550,000
Raphael Plaza $ 500,000
Miguel Benites $ 495,357
Carlos Cron $ 300,000
Scotty Darkhorse $ 300,000
Timothy Edens $ 300,000
Jeffrey Griffin $ 300,000
Luis Abdullah $ 300,000
Darnell Lipscomb $ 300,000
Jose Ramos $ 300,000
Dusty Reynolds $ 300,000
Dave Whipple $ 300,000
Lincoln Hoots $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/1 Blast Mcbearett
Scott Caraway		 James Young
7/3 Roger Pinner
Frank Ward		 Sean Fielding
7/21 Luke Hazelton
Rich Barbato
Colby Vicknair
Bernardo Henriques
Tyson Mihewon		 Luther Overson
Chuck Robbins
Bobby Oberdorsten
7/31 Mark Mitchell Arky Mooris
Sabino Sanchez
 
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